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Been looking at buying this Sovereign for some time and planned to buy one by the end of the year. But after recent events i thought id pull my finger out and get it before (or incase) prices went up of became harder to get hold of.
Sorry about the c**p pix, my phone isn't the best.
 

Turned up today, beautiful - double 2014 BU. 

This is really bad….these turned up an I forgot I ordered them….a crying shame this is likely to be the last time we see QEII on a Tudor Beast coin. 
 
The microdot fields are sublime, I like these more than the proof coins, especially the reverse frosting effect of the obverse.  
 

Had my piedfort delivered today. Beautiful coin. Originally I was going to skip this one but it got the better of me last week and I bought one directly from the mint. Turned out to be a great decision. Also had a half sovereign delivered from Atkinson's today that I was waiting for the price to drop on but with the death of the queen I felt the impulse to pick it up that day and keep for my granddaughter. 

A coin for the pension/retirement fund.  Hopefully will be a hold its value in years to come 
UK Five Sovereign - 2022 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin - Mintage 750
Got to say, i quite like it in matt 

Many thanks to @Mox for these Mox100 bars. Are looking great on any silver .800 or .900 tray.🤗

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Big thanks to @FlorinCollector for this winning prize in our friendly trade 👀
Could have easily sent a rusted 1oz anything but chose to go the premium route and I'm genuinely touched. 

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

I may divide opinion posting this, but I think I feel as many others do on this forum, despite the news as of late, that today’s news has been a shock.
This is a huge shock, albeit expected, given HM The Queens ageing years. She’s the only monarch that those under 70 years old has known.
I’ve read some not so many dislikable and distasteful comments on the forum today.
But, I think, no matter what one’s own option is that HM The Queen has given so much to all of us. A duty to the end.
But above all she was a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother mother.
I’ve looked in and out of the forum this afternoon and this evening. But no matter wether you’re a modern stacker, an old stacker, a collector of Gillick sovereigns or modern releases, be that the Tudor Beast’s or The Monarchs collection with Edward VII resale imminent.
Many people, like myself of this country and also most people of the forum, feel a ‘shift’, a change, has happened today. Within a day a changing of the guard as it were.
HM The Queen’s passing is a great loss to our country of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I wasn’t sure wether to share this with the the wider forum but I will, as I feel I’m mostly amongst friends, but HM The Queen awarded my grandfather with his MBE some 20 years ago.
It was the happiest day of my grandfathers life.
He said to me “She was gracious, warm, kind and showed an interest in my achievement at the same time.”
We are at the end of an era. Regardless of what we collect or stack, we are at the end of a remarkable era.
I watched the news today, as many others did, the announcement of HM The Queen’s passing and I’m not ashamed to say, I shed a tear when the news was announced.
But, albeit a fictional character, Padding Bear had the right words for HM The Queen’s reign at her Platinum Jubilee in one sentence “Thank you Ma’am, for everything”.
Lastly, I’ll leave this photograph of HM The Queen.
How beautiful she looked. How beautiful she’ll remain.
This is very odd to write on the forum, but here goes.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
 

Bought the dip, including my first ever PLATINUM coin - a 2022 1oz Pt Britannia.
Roughly for the same price as a 1/2oz gold Britannia.
 
2021 1 oz Laos Tiger (Panthera Tigris) .999 Silver 
Mintage 10,000


 
 

 

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

As an American, my deepest sympathies to you Brits on the death of Queen Elizabeth.  What a long and magnificent life.  Virtually the only monarch most of us have lived under.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

@PapaLazarou Not just me then…

Gold £1 Cities Ultra Cameo Mortuary Slabs   The 2010-11 4-coin set of gold Cities was offered to me at an excellent price by @Jaconet. Although pretty much a perfect graded set (3x PF70, 1x PF69), I aim at some stage to "upgrade" them to an original boxed encapsulated set for my own requirements.   Mintages were fairly low, varying between 499 (Edinburgh) and 950 (London).   Eighteen round pounds were individually available in gold and I now require just three - 2005 (Menai Straits Bridge), 2006 (Egyptian Bridge) and 2016 (Last Round Pound) are still outstanding.

And this arrived yesterday. Lovin' the eyes! I think he must have been to Glastonbury and indulged in some substance or other!

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Visited the Royal Mint today for the VIP tour. Picked up two 2022 strike your own proof sovereigns.
Well worth the tour just to be able to pick up the coins at near issue price….  and the fact I was able to do my own QC on them!
 

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.

Todays arrivals. I also really like the Black Flag series!
Plus a cheeky ASE, cause why not.